Virtual umbilical cord to your laptop
In case you haven't noticed, one of Crave's more distinguishing features is
That's why we like the idea of the "
On the other hand, we hope it's not so small that it would be easily lost, as we suspect
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A novel of gadget communication
As a lover of literature, I am the first to applaud the creative brilliance of the epistolary novel: Nabokov's Ada, Walker's The Color Purple. Hell, even the Griffin and Sabine series provided a unique tactile approach to "eavesdropping" on people's correspondence.
But I'm not sure I could get excited over reading pages and pages of fictitious text messages. The Finnish publisher, Tammi, thinks I, and you, will.
I don't exactly smell a Nobel Prize.
The novel is currently available in Finnish, but the publisher is considering releasing it in other languages.
When you care enough to send ... something
It's not unusual for companies to recycle their marketing pitches for Valentine's Day, desperate to clear inventory that didn't sell over the holiday season. But some are stretching the concept of romantic gifts to ridiculous extremes.
We thought an
"Pre-load it with a few of your significant other's favorite love songs. Throw on some photos of the two of you for a digital scrap book of your relationship! (Or maybe get creative with a few sexy photos of yourself.)" It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
Or, as one fellow Craver said: "I
moreOlympus' spring camera offerings
Olympus has a handful of new digital cameras on the way, including two models with some interesting features we haven't seen before.
The 7-megapixel Olympus SP-550UZ replaces the
Send a 'Sonic Bomb' Valentine
One of Crave's primary missions is to keep you on top of the latest trends, and there's one that has barely been noticed: loud alarm clocks. (We didn't say they'd be good trends.)
It started a couple of weeks ago with the "
We're certain your loved ones will appreciate it.
Bring back the DeLorean
It's hard to believe it's been 25 years since was arrested on drug-trafficking charges, a major scandal for the GM executive often credited for creating the famed
Anyway, a quarter-century later, we find that we're hardly alone in our appreciation of the
We think that's a bargain considering only 8,000 of the original cars were made--unless the price is being calculated in 1982 dollars.
iPod meets Mr. Potato Head
If anything deserves a break once in awhile, it's your hard-working iPod. So the least we can do is make it comfortable on the job.
Chip Chick apparently agrees and has given us the "
Apparel for extreme listening
We can hardly blame the people at Plantronics if they've gotten tired of making and remaking headsets. But the last thing we would have guessed they'd get into is clothing. Not just T-shirts, mind you, but apparel with built-in technologies that can be used with media players and mobile phones.
Its new line is being marketed through a partnership with Quiksilver and Roxy--and, judging by the names of the first three products, Plantronics has deferred to the judgment of the apparel industry's marketing reps as well: the "Pulse Helmet" and "Double Daffy Snow Jacket" from Quiksilver and more
2007 Infiniti FX45 first look
However, the two most impressive tech features for me have to do with good old freeway driving. As part of its $4,200 Technology Package, the FX45 comes with Intelligent Cruise Control and a Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system. Both of these systems are still emerging technologies in the automotive world, but they are good indicators of a trend toward systems that give cars more autonomy.
LDW is a system designed to more
